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CAP. VII.

An ACT to authorise and empower the Magistrates of the County of Charlotte, to sell the County Gaol and Gaol Lot, in the Town of Saint Andrews, and to erect a more suitable Building in the said Town, in lieu thereof.

Passed 7th March, 1826.

Preamble.

WHEREAS the County Gaol in the Town of Saint Andrews has but two apartments wherein Debtors and Criminals of every denomination can be imprisoned;

Magistrates may sell the Gaol and Gaol Lot in St. Andrews and appropriate the money towards the erection of another Gaol.

Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That the Magistrates of the County of Charlotte, be authorised and empowered, and they are hereby authorised and empowered accordingly, to sell the Gaol and Gaol Lot in the Town of Saint Andrews, and appropriate the money derived from such sale, towards the erection of a County Gaol in the said Town, that shall be considered by the said Magistrates or the major part of them, adapted to the better preservation of the health of the Prisoners, and accommodation of Debtors, and every denomination of Criminals who may be imprisoned therein.

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C. 7. Anno VII. Geo. IV. A. D. 1826.

Index

Preamble.		WHEREAS the County Gaol in the Town of Saint Andrews has but two apartments wherein Debtors and Criminals of every denomination can be imprisoned;
Magistrates may sell the Gaol and Gaol Lot in St. Andrews and appropriate the money towards the erection of another Gaol.		Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That the Magistrates of the County of Charlotte, be authorised and empowered, and they are hereby authorised and empowered accordingly, to sell the Gaol and Gaol Lot in the Town of Saint Andrews, and appropriate the money derived from such sale, towards the erection of a County Gaol in the said Town, that shall be considered by the said Magistrates or the major part of them, adapted to the better preservation of the health of the Prisoners, and accommodation of Debtors, and every denomination of Criminals who may be imprisoned therein.